Newbee question again - flat tire on the road...

IF you have road side assistance (Coachnet, GS, etc) , and all goes as planned, you call the RSA, they find a tire dealer or shop that has your tire in a reasonable distance, bring you the tire and they mount it on your existing rim. You probably have wheel liners or covers over the steel rims. They remove the shiny part, replace the tire, and put the shiny part back on. Typically you will have to pay for the tire itself but not the service call or the labor.

The first answer is to keep your tires in good shape, properly inflated, not too old. Secondly, when you have trouble and call your road service company, the tire guy will come out and mount a new tire on your rim and send you on your way... after having removed sufficient bucks from your pocket, of course.

I depend a lot on my TPMS to give me advance notice of a leak so, hopefully, I can find a safe spot to pull over. If it's one of the rears one can limp on to a facility that can take care of the problem.

Other than that I don't worry about it and will call coach net if and when it becomes necessary.

Tell the ERS what size tire you need, and they will make arrangements to get you one. But this route is not cheap for the price of the tire. If you have access to interent and can find out tire dealers in the area, and call them on cell phone, it can be cheaper. But a bit more inconvenient. And if you have RV sized tires that are not common in the trucking market, you might have a bit of a wait. But I still will not leave home without my CoachNet Card!!!

You would be ahead of the game to know your tire makes and sizes and report that to your roadside service in order for them to match the tire they bring out to service your flat. Not always a blowout can cause significant damage to the MH and possible a wreck...stay alert.

I purchased and carried a used tire that was was not mounted. That way, a roadside service employee could remove the defective tire and mount my used tire. I would run the used tire until I could find a place to purchase a new tire at a reasonable price. I carried the loose tire in the pass-thru compartment; worked well. Fortunately, I never had to use the spare tire. P.S. Sold the MH this past Friday. Going to chill out for a while until we decide what we want to do.

Ray

Funny nobody else said this - I have owned 4 class A's and all carried spare tires.

You say motorhomes do not carry spares.
I carry two spare tires.
Without a spare you could be stuck somewhere for a couple of days until a spare is acquired.

Think rural areas out west.
Carry a spare on a rim. Be self sufficient. Then get Good Sam roadside or similar and hope you never need to be self sufficient

Not directly on topic, but tangentially related, here's the video from the Beginning RVing sticky about what to do during a blowout. Thought I'd share for anybody who hasn't been over there and seen it:

http://www.michelinrvtires.com/michelinrv/toolbox/videos-demos.jsp#The_Critial_Factor

darsben wrote:
You say motorhomes do not carry spares.
I carry two spare tires.
Without a spare you could be stuck somewhere for a couple of days until a spare is acquired.

Think rural areas out west.
Carry a spare on a rim. Be self sufficient. Then get Good Sam roadside or similar and hope you never need to be self sufficient

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Where do you store these two spares? I can't lift our size tire, especially, with a rim attached. It would take up so much storage space if we carried a spare tire (295/80R/22.5).

So far, we have never had a flat or blowout. I used to have a TPMS but it was a piece of junk and caused so many problems so I removed it and just check our tires before every departure. At 64,000 miles, it has worked well so far.

MM.